# AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1) at Cape Town: deployment

Canonical ID: `64e0ad96-9199-4c49-910f-979c03c9c024`

[AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1)](/models/aws-cape-town-region.md), first AWS Africa region.

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_Last updated: 2026-08-27_

- **Slug:** aws-cape-town-region-deployment
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1)](/models/aws-cape-town-region.md) (id: `461a2f92-444c-4078-ad6b-a749dc0bbaf7`)
- **Company:** [Amazon](/companies/amazon.md) (id: `b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9`)
- **Location:** [Cape Town](/locations/cape-town-south-africa.md) (id: `4e46e606-b540-4a9a-a4ef-7208049cadc1`)
- **First seen:** 2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_wfl/

## Common questions

### What is the AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1) deployment at Cape Town?

AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1), built by Amazon, is recorded as a deployment at Cape Town on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1) at Cape Town?

Amazon, the manufacturer of AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1) deployment at Cape Town go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the AWS Cape Town Region (af-south-1) deployment at Cape Town?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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